Comment My Theory... (Score 1) 2071
Windows makes easy tasks really easy and hard tasks very hard.
UNIX/Linux makes easy tasks slightly harder and hard tasks easier.
For example, to view the contents of a CD-ROM in Windows, double-click My Computer, then your CD drive. In UNIX/Linux, you must know how to use the mount command, the proper entry under /dev, etc.
In UNIX/Linux, the hundreds of utilities like du, sed, wc, cut, just to name a few, achieve that which could only be accomplished by writing something in C/C++ on Windows.
UNIX/Linux makes easy tasks slightly harder and hard tasks easier.
For example, to view the contents of a CD-ROM in Windows, double-click My Computer, then your CD drive. In UNIX/Linux, you must know how to use the mount command, the proper entry under
In UNIX/Linux, the hundreds of utilities like du, sed, wc, cut, just to name a few, achieve that which could only be accomplished by writing something in C/C++ on Windows.
